oddball

英 [ˈɒdbɔːl]

美 [ˈɑːdbɔːl]

n.  行为古怪者; 反常者; 怪人
adj.  古怪的

复数：oddballs　

BNC.25359 / COCA.18761

牛津词典

noun

• 行为古怪者；反常者；怪人
  a person who behaves in a strange or unusual way

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 行为古怪的人；怪人
  If you refer to someone as anoddball, you think they behave in a strange way.
  1. His mother and father thought Jim was a bit of an oddball too.
     吉姆的父母也认为他有些古怪。
  2. Oddballis also an adjective.
     
  3. I came from a family that was decidedly oddball you know.
     你要知道，我的家人个个古怪得紧。

英英释义

noun

• a person with an unusual or odd personality
  Synonym:eccentriceccentric personflakegeek

双语例句

• John is an oddball? He never invites any-one.
  约翰是个怪人？他从来不招待任何人。
• Michael mumford, a psychology professor at the University of Oklahoma who specializes in talent assessment, said that this sort of test was effective, but he cautioned that companies should not rely on oddball factors, even if they seemed to correlate to good performance.
  俄克拉荷马大学的心理学教授迈克专门研究如何寻觅合适人才，他指出此类测验是有效的，但是也警告说公司不能依赖不常用的衡量标准，虽然看起来同优秀业绩有关。
• His brother is a real oddball.
  他的兄弟真是一个怪人。
• Are used to fielding oddball requests but sometimes the questions leave even the best of them stumped.
  帮用户解决电脑问题是电脑技术支持的主要职责，但有时用户提的问题甚至把IT精英们都给难倒了。
• Jim is an oddball; he refuses to dress properly for formal occasions.
  吉姆是个怪人，他不愿穿着得体地去参加正式场合的活动。
• She had a whole list of oddball phrases to describe her various states of mind.
  她有一系列古怪的用语来形容她不同的心境。
• This provides more flexible form handling and slightly better performance than a pure Domino application, but may be considered oddball by pure-J2EE developers.
  这为表单处理提供了更多的灵活性，并且比纯粹的Domino应用程序具有更好的性能，但是很多纯粹的J2EE开发人员可能会认为这种方式非常奇怪。
• The more emotionally detached and unpredictable this oddball is in his actions, the more enthralled his Aquarian woman will be.
  他的感情越疏远、举止越古怪得让人捉摸不透，反而更能让水瓶座女性迷上他。
• I'm definitely the oddball here, I'm the outcast.
  在这里我肯定是个古怪的人，是个被遗弃的人。
• One more oddball idea is equally interesting.
  还有一个古怪的想法也同样有趣。